A CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN OPERATION BASED ON THE CURRENT STATE OF A HUMAN AS DETECTED FROM A BIOMETRIC SAMPLE

• US 20160327922A1
• Filed: 06/22/2016
• Published: 11/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2011
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Inventors: TOMII, Hiromi, SEKIGUCHI, Masakazu, KUBOI, Motoyuki, MAEDA, Toshiaki, MINAGAWA, Kazue
• Application Number:
  US15/189,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20160327922A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 1/00 Comparing elements, i.e. elements for effecting comparison directly or indirectly between a desired value and existing or anticipated values
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

There has been a desire for proactively adding more detailed embodiments relating to the acquisition and use of biometric information. Therefore, according to a first aspect of the present invention, for example, provided is an electronic device including an input section that inputs biometric information, which is information relating to a living body of a user; and an output section that outputs a limit signal limiting contact with the user to a bidirectional communication device, based on the biometric information.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a receiver that receives an operation;

a detector that detects a force to the receiver while the receiver receives the operation; and

a controller that performs a process according to the operation received by the receiver and controls the process based on the force detected by detector.

2. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the controller performs different processes according to the force detected by the detector.

3. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

a display that displays an image, wherein;

the controller displays on the display that different processes have been performed when different processes have been performed.

4. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

a display that displays an image, wherein;

the controller displays different images on the display based on the force detected by the detector.

5. The electronic device as set forth in claim 4, wherein:

the controller displays the images in different sizes based on the force detected by the detector.

6. The electronic device as set forth in claim 4, wherein:

the images are characters, drawings, or icons.

7. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

a communication device that communicates with an external device, wherein

the controller performs different processes to the communication device based on the force detected by the detector.

8. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the receiver is a touch panel, and

the detector detects a force to a display surface of the touch panel.

9. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

an imager configured to capture images, wherein;

the controller performs different processes based on the force detected by the detector and an image captured by the imager.

10. The electronic device as set forth in claim 9, wherein:

the imager images a direction crossing a plane in which the receiver is arranged.

11. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

an input to which biometric information is input, wherein;

the controller performs different processes, based on (i) the force detected by the detector and (ii) an image captured by an imager configured to capture images or the biometric information input to the input.